Toward the end of 2017, the working groups and TIER developers compared the initial key requirements of TIER with the progress made to date. They then identified the necessary projects and deliverables needed in 2018 to meet the requirements. The work includes involvement with the TIER Campus Success Program schools as they adopt TIER components and practices.

The work on tap for 2018 includes:

Defining SoR (System of Record) to registry data flows and use cases for identity on-boarding

Creating recipes for event-driven services and messaging using RabbitMQ and AMQP

The adoption of midPoint into the TIER architecture including integration with COmanage, Grouper, and widely-used applications such as Banner

The incorporation of an identity matching service (ID Match) to disambiguate new and/or existing identities

The development of the next update to the Grouper Deployment Guide including:

A Grouper security model

Account policy groups

Grouper training environment

Finalization of an initial set of schema specifications using OpenAPI 3.0 Schema model(s)

Updated and refined containers and configurations for Shibboleth, Grouper, COmanage and midPoint

A new Shibboleth graphical user interface (GUI) for ease of configuration and management of metadata

This is not an exhaustive list, however, it is intended to illustrate the key activities the TIER Working Groups believe will lead to a sustainable set of software tools and practices.